Left anterior descending coronary artery occlusion after left lateral free wall accessory pathway ablation: What is the possible mechanism?

Europace

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 263-266

  Dinckal, Hakan ^a   Yucel, O ^b   Kirilmaz, A ^c   Karaca, M ^d   Kilicaslan, F ^c   Dokumaci, B ^e  

^a GAZIANTEP UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Bursa State Hospital   (Turkey)

^c GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^d Ataturk State Hospital   (Turkey)

^e SSK Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Accessory pathway; Coronary occlusion; Radiofrequency catheter ablation

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE;

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATHETER ABLATION; CORONARY ARTERY SPASM; CORONARY STENT; HEART INFARCTION; HEART VENTRICLE WALL; HUMAN; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; CATHETER ABLATION; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY THROMBOSIS; HUMANS; MALE; STENTS; TACHYCARDIA, SUPRAVENTRICULAR;

EID: 0043246573     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1099-5129(03)00033-3     Document Type: Article

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